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And after, he gave them all the words of the law, the blessing and the curse, as it is all recorded in the book of the law;

בְּסֵ֥פֶר (בְּ) be. “in”

Reading to all the meeting of Israel, with the women and the children and the men from other lands who were living among them, every word of the orders which Moses had given.

בְּקִרְבָּֽם׃ (בְּ) be. “in”

Now on hearing the news of these things, all the kings on the west side of Jordan, in the hill-country and the lowlands and by the Great Sea in front of Lebanon, the Hittites and the Amorites, the Canaanites, the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusite

בְּעֵ֨בֶר (בְּ) be. “[were] on”בָּהָ֣ר (בָּ) ba. “in the”וּבַשְּׁפֵלָ֗ה (בַ) va. “in the”וּבְכֹל֙ (בְ) ve. “in”

Acting with deceit, got food together as if for a long journey; and took old food-bags for their asses, and old and cracked wine-skins kept together with cord;

בְּעָרְמָ֔ה (בְּ) be. “with”

And put old stitched-up shoes on their feet, and old clothing on their backs; and all the food they had with them was dry and broken up.

בְּרַגְלֵיהֶ֔ם (בְּ) be. “[were] on”

And the men of Israel said to the Hivites, It may be that you are living among us; how then may we make an agreement with you?

בְּקִרְבִּי֙ (בְּ) be. “in”

And they said to him, Your servants have come from a very far country, because of the name of the Lord your God: for the story of his great name, and of all he did in Egypt has come to our ears,

בְּמִצְרָֽיִם׃ (בְּ) be. “in”

And what he did to the two kings of the Amorites east of Jordan, to Sihon, king of Heshbon, and to Og, king of Bashan, at Ashtaroth.

בְּעֵ֣בֶר (בְּ) be. “[were] on”בְּעַשְׁתָּרֽוֹת׃ (בְּ) be. “[was] in”

So the responsible men and all the people of our country said to us, Take food with you for the journey and go to them, and say to them, We are your servants: so now make an agreement with us.

בְיֶדְכֶ֤ם (בְ) ve. “in”

This bread which we have with us for our food, we took warm and new from our houses when starting on our journey to you; but now see, it has become dry and broken up.

בְּי֥וֹם (בְּ) be. “on”

Now three days after, when they had made this agreement with them, they had word that these men were their neighbours, living near them.

וּבְקִרְבּ֖וֹ (בְ) ve. “in”

And the children of Israel went forward on their journey, and on the third day came to their towns. Now their towns were Gibeon and Chephirah and Beeroth and Kiriath-jearim.

בַּיּ֣וֹם (בַּ) ba “on the”

And the children of Israel did not put them to death, because the chiefs of the people had taken an oath to them by the Lord, the God of Israel. And all the people made an outcry against the chiefs.

בַּֽיהוָ֖ה (בַּֽ) ba. “by”

But all the chiefs said to the people, We have taken an oath to them by the Lord, the God of Israel, and so we may not put our hands on them.

בַּֽיהוָ֖ה (בַּֽ) ba. “by”בָּהֶֽם׃ (בָּ) ba. “<in> <the>”

Then Joshua sent for them, and said to them, Why have you been false to us, saying, We are very far from you, when you are living among us?

בְּקִרְבֵּ֥נוּ (בְּ) be. “in”

And now we are in your hands: do to us whatever seems good and right to you.

בְיָדֶ֑ךָ (בְ) ve. “[are] in”בְּעֵינֶ֛יךָ (בְּ) be. “in”

And that day Joshua made them servants, cutting wood and getting water for the people and for the altar of the Lord, in the place marked out by him, to this day.

בַּיּ֣וֹם (בַּ) ba “on the”

Now when it came to the ears of Adoni-zedek, king of Jerusalem, that Joshua had taken Ai, and had given it up to the curse (for as he had done to Jericho and its king, so he had done to Ai and its king); and that the people of Gibeon had made peace with

בְּקִרְבָּֽם׃ (בְּ) be. “in”

And the Lord said to Joshua, Have no fear of them, for I have given them into your hands; they will all give way before you.

בְיָדְךָ֖ (בְ) ve. “in”בְּפָנֶֽיךָ׃ (בְּ) be. “in”

And the Lord made them full of fear before Israel, and they put great numbers of them to death at Gibeon, and went after them by the way going up to Beth-horon, driving them back to Azekah and Makkedah

בְּגִבְע֑וֹן (בְּ) be. “at”

And in their flight before Israel, on the way down from Beth-horon, the Lord sent down great stones from heaven on them all the way to Azekah, causing their death: those whose death was caused by the stones were more than those whom the children of Israe

בְּנֻסָ֣ם׀ (בְּ) be. “when”בְּמוֹרַ֤ד (בְּ) be. “[were] at”בְּאַבְנֵ֣י (בְּ) be. “by”בֶּחָֽרֶב׃ (בֶּ) be. “with the”

It was on the day when the Lord gave up the Amorites into the hands of the children of Israel that Joshua said to the Lord, before the eyes of Israel, Sun, be at rest over Gibeon; and you, O moon, in the valley of Aijalon.

בְּי֗וֹם (בְּ) be. “on”בְּגִבְע֣וֹן (בְּ) be. “at”בְּעֵ֥מֶק (בְּ) be. “in”

And the sun was at rest and the moon kept its place till the nation had given punishment to their attackers. (Is it not recorded in the book of Jashar?) So the sun kept its place in the middle of the heavens, and was waiting, and did not go down, for the

בַּחֲצִ֣י (בַּ) ba. “in”

And there was no day like that, before it or after it, when the Lord gave ear to the voice of a man; for the Lord was fighting for Israel.

בְּק֣וֹל (בְּ) be. “to”

But these five kings went in flight secretly to a hole in the rock at Makkedah.

בַמְּעָרָ֖ה (בַ) va. “in the”בְּמַקֵּדָֽה׃ (בְּ) be. “at”